227 – Dogwitch


A request from a former friend. I remember going to a comic shop with her back in like 2002 or ’03 in Yellow Springs, Ohio. If there was a city that could be my archnemesis, it would be Yellow Springs. Cut your hair and get a job, you fuckin’ hippies. And don’t you dare even think about talking down to me like I’m nothing. One of us showered today, and it wasn’t fucking you.

Anyway.

We were browsing, and I spotted the first issue of Dogwitch on the shelf. I pointed it out to her, as it seemed to be the kind of book she liked – supernatural, gothy, tongue-in-cheek, giant boobs. I only read a handful of issues, but they were fun, and the art was fantastic, and it seemed a cut above some of the other “bad girl” type comics.

Later on, the writer/artist of Dogwitch – Dan Schaffer – would continue his canine fueled fiction by writing a fun little zombie flick called Doghouse in which a group of dudes go on a dude weekend in the country, only to find that all the women in this small town have become flesh eating zombies and killed all the males. It’s good. Watch it.

Fuck Yellow Springs.

226 – Hellstorm: Son of Satan

225 – Figure sketch


I just wanted to try my hand at something not superheroic or monstrous.

224 – Troll


I recently watched the movie Trollhunter. It was a lot of fun, and I look forward to watching it again in its native language, with subtitles. But I had trolls on the brain, and recently recovered my brush pen from what I thought was a certain doom.

I had run out of ink, and following advice I had read online, decided to refill it with a different waterproof india ink using a converter. Apparently my first choice of ink was not good. It was really still and hard to use or make brush strokes with. So I washed it out, and tried again, but this caused the brush to now have a gray wash tone to it, which was unacceptable (though I used it on the Shade the Changing Man sketch from a few days ago). So finally, I washed it out again and let the components sit for three days, occasionally replacing the hot soapy water. Then I let the pen dry for about two days before touching it. The brush still was leaving washed out gray strokes when I was testing it’s dryness. Finally, when it seemed dry enough, I refilled the converter with a different ink.

The first few strokes were kind of a watery dark gray, but soon after, we achieved blackness, and my brush pen was saved. Then I drew a crappy troll sketch. The end.

223 – Adam Warlock


I think I read maybe three issues of Warlock’s 90s series, after he had taken possession of the Infinity Gauntlet. My only real memories are of Warlock passing the Infinity Gems out to various characters, one of whom stuck the gem on his dick. The other memory I have is of buying the first issue at the convenience store just a block away from my parent’s house. At the time, this was the closest thing I had to a comic book store that didn’t involve making my dad drive somewhere he didn’t want to go. The register monkey who sold it to me freaked out that it was Number One issue, and went on and on how he couldn’t believe that there was something that was gonna be super valuable for sale at this store, and how he was gonna buy the other copies of it because of their value.

Cover price for Warlock and The Infinity Watch: $1.75.

Near mint price at mycomicshop.com: $1.10

Autographed copy: $3.30

Ok, PANIC!: The Adventures of Tintin


Never Forget

222 – Ms. Marvel


Carol Danvers in her Warbird/Ms. Marvel costume. I had pretty much forgotten she existed until she appeared in Kurt Busiek’s Avengers, and then I had no idea why her head wasn’t on fire anymore. Oh well, whatever. Comics.

221 – Binary


Carol Danvers’ second incarnation (see yesterday’s post), after Rogue wiped her mind and powers, designed by the late, great Dave Cockrum. That guy was the king of sleek modern superhero costume design, and there’s never been anyone that’s come close. Too bad he is gone, and particularly too bad when DC needed him the most.

220 – Original Ms. Marvel

219 – Shade The Changing Man


I’ve gushed about Shade the Changing Man before, so I’m not gonna repeat myself here. I wish this drawing had turned out better, and he certainly deserves better than being depicted as a hipster. I will say that I got turned onto Shade by my friend Bruce, and we loved the book so much we stole Shade’s technicolor changing coat for one of the characters in one of our comics.